APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK IN THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA – THE ROLE OF THE WORLD BANK

INTRODUCTION
Nigeria, forty-six years after the attainment of political independence is not yet economically independent. But economic independence as we know is a necessary pre-requisite to political freedom. As our finance Minister aptly puts it, “Now that the political independence of Nigeria has been assured, the vital concern is to secure the rapid development of the machinery to enable us to assume our responsibilities to safeguard our economic freedom”. [Read more…]